Listed Matamata Cup $80,000, 1600m

David Ellis inducted into NZ Racing Hall Of Fame

More than four decades after his first experience as a winning owner, David Ellis has been recognised with induction to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. “I was in my early twenties when I won that race at Paeroa all those years ago, and I thought it was the biggest thrill you could have in life,” Ellis told Loveracing.nz.

“My trainer Bill Ford came with me into the winner’s room, but he had another horse in the next race that he had to saddle up and I ended up celebrating my first ever win by myself. That made me think there’s got to be a better way to do this, I realised that I’d rather celebrate together with other people, and that was the beginning of my idea to syndicate horses, bringing people together to enjoy the thrill of winning.”

“There are so many people who without them, I couldn’t have achieved all this. Karyn runs the business now, which frees me up to run the farm and buy the horses. Mark and have worked together over a long period of time, it’s been a fantastic relationship and he now heads a massive team, from his training partner Sam Bergerson, our assistant trainers Ben Gleeson, Nicole Shailer and Hunter Durrant and our racing manager Reece Trumper, right through to all our staff, our vets and farriers, everybody who works so hard to achieve our goals.

“It’s quite incredible to think that when Captured By Love won the New Zealand 1000 Guineas at Riccarton last month, that was the 98th Group 1 winner by horses that I’ve either bought, bred or managed under the Te Akau umbrella.

“Any award, whether you’re recognised by your peers or by a higher body, is very humbling and this is certainly no different. It’s an absolute honour to think that I’m being acknowledged alongside people who I have admired massively over the years – people like my great late friend Colin Jillings, other hugely successful trainers like Dave O’Sullivan and Jim Gibbs, and industry icons such as Sir Patrick Hogan and Sir Peter Vela. I’ve also been very lucky to be able to seek the advice of people like Joe Walls and Marcus Corban as we do our inspections and sale selections. It’s always exciting, I love going round the farms then to the sales and bringing a new crop of young horses into our system.”

McDonald announced as finalist for NZ Sportsperson of the Year

Jockey James McDonald has been announced as a finalist for the New Zealand ISPS HANDA Halberg Sportsman of the Year. “It is a significant day for racing to be recognised alongside our country’s best athletes at our premier sporting awards,” New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing chief executive Bruce Sharrock told Loveracing.nz.

“James is a genuine World Champion, and we are all proud of what he has achieved on the track as an ambassador for both racing in New Zealand and across the globe.” The eight finalists are Olympic Gold medallists Hamish Kerr (athletics-field) and Finn Butcher (canoe slalom), Hayden Wilde (triathlon), Chris Wood (football), Ben Richards (snow sports), Fergus Eadie (surf lifesaving), Rocco Jamieson (snow sports), and James McDonald (horse racing), with the winner also eligible for the Supreme Halberg Award. The winners will be announced during a prestigious black-tie evening at Spark Arena, Auckland, on Tuesday February 18, 2025.

Vale Gavin Kelly

The South Australian racing community is mourning the loss of Group 1-winning trainer Gavin Kelly. “We were great mates, he was a gifted horseman and gifted trainer,” close friend, former top jockey and now leading Adelaide trainer Jon O’Connor told racingsa.com.au.

“He worked for Mick when Rain Lover won his two Melbourne Cups and then went across to Joe Hall. I was back in Melbourne and he called me and said Joe needed a 3kg kid in Adelaide and was behind my return.

“He had a lot of nice horses, had a great strike-rate. He also had a couple of overseas stints as a trainer.” His best winner was Redding (NZ) (Nassipour {USA} who won the 1992 G1 Victorian Derby.

Cuddles ineligibility might upset the apple cart

The training partnership of Kylie Geran and son Corey will run 2-year-old filly Cuddles For Kimmy (Spirit Of Boom) in the G3 BJ McLachlan S. at Eagle Farm on Saturday and hope to collect the biggest share of the prizemoney. The filly was not paid up for the Magic Millions after being passed in as a yearling and is ineligible for next month’s R. Listed Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast.

“It was a very heavy track that day for the Phelan Ready but she ran a great race,” Corey Geran told racingqueensland.com.au. “She’s got black-type now which we were chasing and she pulled up in great order after the Phelan Ready and had a few days out in the paddock.

“She should race well again and we’ll just continue chasing good QTIS prizemoney with her for the time being. It’s unfortunate she wasn’t paid up for the Magic Millions. It’s a very tricky race with a lot of southerners coming up but I feel the local Hi Barbie is the one to beat again. Hi Barbie was very impressive against us last time and looks our biggest threat again.”

Jockey Duric to be based in Queensland

Jockey Vlad Duric will base himself in Queensland for the early part of 2025. “Obviously with the carnival coming up, I am hoping to pick up some nice rides and see if we can make an impact. I am looking forward to dipping my toe into it and hopefully I can get a winner,” Duric told racingqueensland.com.au.

Duric has returned from Singapore where he won over 700 races. “The Singapore climate is very similar to the Brisbane climate, so the warm weather helps. Also, the fact that we only ride two or three days a week in Brisbane – that suits me. Sydney and Melbourne are quite gruelling riding sometimes seven days a week.

“With my body the way it is as I get a bit older, that workload was probably not going to suit me. I sort of always had Brisbane in the back of my mind for quite a few years, post Singapore, and I am quite enjoying it so far.

“Singapore was life changing for me and my family as my girls did a lot of their schooling there. My wife and I loved living in the city, we were there for over a decade. I went there with the thoughts of hoping to pay my farm off in Victoria, I thought we would stay for two or three years and knock the mortgage off – that was the goal. It ended up being over 10 years in the end and it was amazing being able to win championships and most of their feature races. It was amazing period of my riding career and something I really do cherish.”

Half to Bodyguard wins trial at first outing

Derivative (Capitalist), half-brother to G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (c&g) winner Bodyguard (I Am Invincible), will have delighted his trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young on Thursday morning with a debut trial win at Warwick Farm. The 2-year-old colt shot home ahead of Aligned (Russian Revolution) for a 0.96l win in the second juvenile heat of the morning.

Busuttin Racing acquired Derivative at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale this year for $300,000, where he was offered by breeder Emirates Park. His $1 million yearling purchase brother and himself are grandsons of G1 Golden Slipper S. winner Mossfun (Mossman), dam of G3 Festival S. victor Dajraan (GB) (Frankel {Ire}). Dam Tumooh (Fastnet Rock) has missed both seasons since, having visited Tassort, I Am Invincible, and Justify (USA). She visited Tassort again last month.

Tricolours look to repeat McLachlan win

Tricolours Racing and Tulloch Lodge will be looking for their G3 BJ McLachlan S. win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. They won in 2022 with The Novelist (Written By) and this year have The Playwright (Written By). “The Novelist won it at his second career start and was well on his way to the Magic Millions, he was about $7 in the market for the big race, but unfortunately got injured not long after the BJ McLachlan and he's had a chequered history with injury since,” Tricolours director James Moss told racingqueensland.com.au.

“Hopefully, this year, we can go one better with The Playwright for another full-female syndicate. Hopefully on Saturday she's not only winning, but she comes through it well, and the ladies get there on the big day.”

Arabian Summer to resume on Friday

Jockey Harry Coffey is making a hit-and-run trip to the Gold Coast to ride Arabian Summer (Too Darn Hot {GB}) in Friday night’s 3-Year-Old Plate which will be her lead up to the Magic Millions Sunlight. “She's been good to me, a good filly,” Coffey told racingqueensland.com.au.

“We've had a bit of fun and because of her placement, with what the team have done, she's been very rewarding as well. I was down to ride her in the Quezette, and not that I came back quick, but I got really stuck into my physio with my wrist to come back and get back on her.

“I trialled her before the Quezette and she trialled up like a rocket but then got scratched with a foot problem that just persisted, and it got to the stage where there was more reward to stop, wait, freshen and then prepare her for the Gold Coast.” Arabian Summer won three of her six starts at two but hasn’t raced since winning the inaugural Magic Millions National 2YO Classic.

Homebred The Bear for McLachlan

Trainer Sharryn Livingstone nearly won the G3 BJ McLachlan S. two years ago with Thelwell (Bel Esprit), and this year has 2-year-old gelding The Bear (Vancouver) as a contender. “It was one of the best days of my life when we ran second in this race. I have had good times with all of my horses but Thelwell running second that day was pretty exciting,” Livingstone told racenet.com.au.

“We were very surprised when (The Bear) won (at the Sunshine Coast) because he flies under the radar and doesn't really do any more than he has to. He has so much to improve on, he is so dopey. The guys have big plans for him outside of Magics, but at the end of the day, he is going to do whatever he is going to do.

“He will improve on his last start because he has always shown us that he improves on whatever he does. We can't expect miracles from him, but it will be good to sit and watch to see what he can do.” The Bear is not eligible for the Magic Millions race series as he didn’t go through a sale.

Friday night’s The Debut is a guessing game

Trainer Kris Lees will run 2-year-old filly Wollzeile (Tassort) in the Magic Millions The Debut at the Gold Coast on Friday night. “I can't line it up, I have gone and watched the trials and I haven't seen anything that has won by a big space,” Lees told racenet.com.au.

“It all comes down to who has taken the most improvement out of the trial really. It is hard to line up Queensland trial form with Sydney trial form and provincial trials. She (Wollzeile) probably has the inferior trial coming out of the provincial trials really.

“Our filly drawing a soft gate is an advantage for 2-year-olds and this track is still new so there will probably be an advantage to get forward on the fence, so hopefully we can land there. Her trial would suggest that she would need to have improved, but I think she has done that.”

Wide gate no issue for Supernova favourite

Ciaron Maher’s team aren’t worried about drawing gate 12 for Supernova favourite Nadal (Xtravagant {NZ}). “He’s going to have to go back anyway from going up in trip and that draw; definitely he will have to take his time, which will probably suit him because there will be a bit of speed on, so we’ll ride for luck,” stable representative Adrian Joyce told racing.com.

He won The Meteorite last start. “He was impressive, he pulled up out of the run really well and he’s all systems go for Saturday.”

Around The Nation: Thursday’s highlights

Jockey Beau Mertens rode a treble at Seymour on Thursday aboard 3-year-old filly Makamae (NZ) (Reliable Man {GB}), Mohnar (Grunt {NZ}), and 3-year-old gelding Mr Verse (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). Chris Waller trained 3-year-old colt Lough Eske (I Am Invincible) won on debut at Newcastle and he was a $1.3 million purchase by Yulong from Widden Stud at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Mali Ston aiming for more Group 1 runs

Darryn and Briar Weatherley-trained Mali Ston (NZ) (El Roca) will be aimed at Group 1 company if he performs in Friday’s Listed Matamata Cup. “If he goes a creditable race on Friday then we’ll put him on the float and go back to Wellington and try and win the Thorndon (Mile),” Darryn Weatherley told Loveracing.nz.

“He’s got topweight and the outside gate, but he has been running in some pretty decent races and stronger than what he strikes on Friday. He’s been racing well and it would be nice to kick a goal on our home track. He is very bright, his work has been super and it looks a nice race for him.”

Te Akau want home cup

Te Akau trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson are keen to add their home cup, the Listed Matamata Cup on Friday, and will run Midnight Blue (So You Think {NZ}) and in-form mare My Lips are Sealed (NZ) (Ace High). “You would love to win your hometown Cup,” Bergerson told Loveracing.nz.

“Midnight Blue has travelled over from Australia in fantastic order. I thought his run at Ellerslie, his first time out in New Zealand, was very good. On the corner he looked the winner, he just wobbled a bit late. As an 8-year-old, it was his first race or trial right-handed. So back left-handed at Matamata, on his home track, we are confident he will give a really good sight.

“He has got a positive racing pattern, so he will be in the first three or four hopefully and from that barrier (10) we will look to be positive. He seems in really good form and is enjoying the New Zealand lifestyle. He is out in a paddock every day and he seems to be really thriving around the stable.

“My Lips Are Sealed had a really good spring. We tried to get her to the Wanganui Cup, but she had a bit of a foot niggle, so we had to back off and gave her a quiet trial in-between times. A mile on her home track with a very nice, light weight (53kg) with a soft draw (2) (is ideal), and she is in good form.”

Devonport Cup ballot free race

Trainer Glenn Stevenson will ramp up his attempt to win a second consecutive Devonport Cup with three runners chasing a “free pass” into the race by winning the $50,000 Kevin Sharkie Sheffield Cup on Friday. The three are led by last year’s winner Ashy Boy (Star Witness). “He’s actually bucking his brand off, and we’re really happy with where he is so hopefully this will finish him right off for the Cup,” Stevenson told tasracing.com.au.

His other two runners on Friday are First Accused (Turffontein) and Asva (NZ) (Capitalist). “Asva has got as bit of ability; he’s galloped good at the track so a throw at the stumps and if he happens to go well we will keep pushing on.”

The blinkers will go on First Accused. “I’ve got to try and change things around. He looks like he presents and wants to win a race, he’s not really hitting the line so we’ve changed jockeys and tracks and I just thought going to the mile I just didn’t want him going too keen in front.”

Beaten favourite to improve on Sunday

Trainer Dennis Yip believes Fast Network (NZ) (Wrote {Ire}), who was beaten into fourth last start as a $1.30 favourite, can improve at Sha Tin on Sunday. “Last week he was unlucky. As he jumped out the gate, he was squeezed by the other horses and had to go back,” Yip told scmp.com.

“I would have preferred if he could sit in fourth or fifth, but after that he had to go back. Although that happened, he ran on well and I was happy with him, so let’s see how Sunday goes. It’s his first time over 1200 metres so the draw is very important, but I don’t think the distance will be a problem at all.”

Ton for Ferraris in Hong Kong

Luke Ferraris secured his 100th win in Hong Kong on Wednesday evening thanks to a double, picking up win 99 on Benno Yung-trained Excellent Daddy (Toorak Toff) and his ton on Mark Newnham-trained Mojave Desert (I Am Invincible). “It feels good. Going back to being a kid, watching the racing here, to participating in it and riding a century here, it feels great,” Ferraris told scmp.com.

“Credit to Mark. He’s really supported me throughout the season so far and very pleased to ride the 100th on one of his horses. I’m delighted and hopefully things can just keep ticking over the way they are.”

John Dance charged with fraud

Racehorse owner John Dance has been charged with nine criminal offences in “one of the most serious and largest frauds ever investigated” by the UK's financial regulator. Dance is accused by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of transferring more than £64 million (AU$129 million) from client accounts of a wealth management firm to fund his “lavish lifestyle” and business interests between 2014 and 2023.

The 50-year-old was principal partner at WealthTek LLP, formerly known as Vertem Asset Management LLP, a prominent sponsor within racing. He also owned the multiple Group 1 winner Laurens (Fr) and previously co-owned Bravemansgame (Fr), the runner-up in the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Therese Chambers, joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight at the FCA, said, “This is one of the most serious and largest frauds we have ever investigated. We allege that over a period of many years Mr Dance diverted millions of client funds for his own benefit, telling lies and forging documents to cover his tracks.

“We know this has been a worrying time for people who had their investments caught up in WealthTek and we have tried to keep everyone updated as best we can, given the criminal nature of the offences under investigation. We're pleased that clients are now seeing their assets returned.”

415 graded races in America in 2025

The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association presented its listing of U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes Races for calendar year 2025, the results of its annual grading session conducted on December 16 and 17.

The committee reviewed 957 U.S. stakes races with a purse of at least US$75,000 (AU$120,000), and assigned graded status to 415 of them, 14 fewer than were graded in 2024, and listed status to 210 races.

Four graded races were upgraded; one new Grade 1 and three new Grade 2 races were named; nine new Grade 3 races were identified. Twelve new Listed races and one new Listed-Restricted race were upgraded from non-Listed Black Type (NLBT) status.

One race was upgraded from Grade 2 to Grade 1 status for 2025: the American Turf S. at Churchill Downs. Additionally, one race was downgraded from Grade 1 to Grade 2 status for 2025: the Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. at Saratoga.

New 3-year-old filly series targets Kentucky Oaks

1/ST, the ownership group behind Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park, is partnering with auction company Fasig-Tipton, who will be their title sponsor for the new Fasig-Tipton 3-Year-Old Filly Series, the company said in a press release on Wednesday.

The collaboration will spotlight the G2 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Park Oaks and the G2 Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita Oaks, which are the final preps at both tracks for the G1 Kentucky Oaks.

“We're excited to highlight the fillies on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks and Black-Eyed Susan with the support of Fasig-Tipton, a longstanding partner of 1/ST, said 1/ST President Aidan Butler. “We look forward to launching this new initiative together.”

“Fasig-Tipton is proud to partner with 1/ST to sponsor the 3-Year-Old Filly Series at Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park on the road to the Kentucky Oaks,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “Many of the sport's top female racehorses have made their first steps towards greatness during these prestigious races. Fasig-Tipton prides itself on having sold many of the great female champions in American racing–at both the beginning of their careers as yearlings and 2-year-olds–as well as at the conclusion of their racing days at our marquee November Sale. We are pleased to further our association with top racing females through the sponsorship of these important series coast-to-coast.”

Looking Ahead puts the spotlight on runners of interest across Australia and New Zealand. Whether they are a particularly well-bred or high-priced runner early in its career chasing maiden success, a promising galloper returning to the track or a horse which has trialled particularly well, we’ll aim to give you something to follow.

Three exciting runners are set to hit the track across Australia and New Zealand on Friday. These include an Almanzor (Fr) filly running at Matamata, a well-related Shalaa (Ire) filly resumes at Canterbury and a consistent Russian Revolution mare deserves to win her maiden also at Canterbury.

Matamata, Race 3, 2.18pm AEDT (4.18pm local), Comag Mdn., $25,000, 1400m

Ascension (NZ), 3-year-old filly (Almanzor {Fr} x Shanro {Lonhro})

Ascension (NZ), a daughter of Cambridge Stud’s classy stallion Almanzor (Fr), will make her second start at Matamata for Cambridge trainer Samantha Logan on Friday. She has looked smart at the trials and was placed in the ‘black book’ after winning very comfortably at the Ellerslie trials on September 10 over 1100 metres when defeating Lady Georgiana (NZ) (Eminent {Ire}) in soft fashion, she then had a nice quiet trial at Waipa over 1150 metres on November 8 when running a narrow third behind Harvest Day (NZ) (Embellish {NZ}).

On debut she ran a solid fifth at Ellerslie on November 30 behind Fun Never Sets (Proisir), she didn’t have all favours that day and could be a quick improver from that effort.

This well-bred filly is the seventh foal from the Lonhro mare Shanro, who was unraced on the track. Shanro has left four individual winners on the track including Sergio (NZ) (Swiss Ace) who was a seven-time winner from 1200 metres to 1600 metres including in the Listed Anzac Mile, Windsor (NZ) (Alamosa {NZ}) who was a six-time winner up to 1400 metres, including success in the Listed Timaru S., Murless (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}) has been a eight-time winner in Australia and Queen Kamada (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) has won at 1200 metres at Awapuni.

Ascension has some lovely stallion influences running through her blood including Montjeu (Ire), Iffraaj (GB), Straight Strike (USA), Maria’s Mon (USA), Zabeel (NZ), Flying Spur and Bletchingly.

Shanro, since producing Ascension, has left a 2-year-old colt by Tivaci, a yearling colt by Ardrossan who heads to the 2025 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale in the draft of Elsdon Park as Lot 285 and she was due to foal to Sword Of State in late October this year.

Ascension was bred and is raced by Brown Thoroughbreds Ltd and JML Bloodstock Ltd.

Canterbury Park, Race 1, 6pm AEDT, James Squire Mdn H., $60,000, 1250m

Red Envelope, 3-year-old filly (Shalaa {Ire} x Madam Tracy {Encosta De Lago})

The well-bred Red Envelope (Shalaa {Ire}) is set to make her second start over 1250 metres for Randwick trainer’s Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott at Canterbury on Friday. She disappointed on debut at Warwick Farm in June when running sixth, but she has since had a break and a couple of trials to prepare herself for her returning run as a 3-year-old.

Red Envelope is the sixth foal from Madam Tracy (Encosta De Lago). She was a winner at 1100 metres and has had some success as a broodmare already. She has left three winners including Hydrogen Power (The Autumn Sun), Penman (Written Tycoon) and Tracy May (Redoute’s Choice). She also comes from a very strong female family.

She is a three-quarter-sister to Lake Superior (Encosta De Lago) who is the dam of the super iron-horse Alligator Blood (All Too Hard) who has been successful fifteen times including in seven Group 1 races. She is also a half-sister to the outstanding Typhoon Tracy (Red Ransom) who was the Australian Horse of the Year and was an 11-time winner including in six Group 1 races, Red Element who was a dual Listed winning sprinter and stallion and the stakes-placed Kwilikwong (Red Ransom {USA}) and Tracy’s Choice (Redoute’s Choice).

Madam Tracy since producing Red Envelope has left a The Autumn Sun yearling filly and she foaled a colt by Vinery Stud’s consistent and proven stallion All Too Hard in October.

Canterbury Park, Race 2, 6.30pm AEDT, Drinkwise Mdn Plate, $60,000, 1100m

Madam Instrife, 4-year-old mare (Russian Revolution x Abscond {Galileo {Ire}})

The Michael, John and Wayne Hawkes-trained Madam Instrife (Russian Revolution) will travel to Canterbury on Friday to have her fourth start over 1100 metres. In all three of her starts she has run three very good placings. Her foot is right on the till and she looks ready to break through on Friday night with Tyler Schiller in the saddle.

The promising mare is by Newgate Stud Farm’s sire Russian Revolution and is the seventh foal from the Galileo (Ire) mare Abscond, who was a three-time winner on the track. She has then gone onto become an outstanding broodmare leaving three individual Group-winners including the Group 1 winner Invincibella (I Am Invincible), Secret Blaze (Sizzling) and Extreme Flight (Extreme Choice). She has also left Temolie (Star Witness) who has produced Aeliana (Castelvecchio) who has already been successful at Group 3-level and Group 1-placed and she looks to be one of the most exciting fillies in Australia.

Madam Instrife has some lovely pedigree influences throughout including Sadler’s Wells (USA), Snitzel, Stravinsky (USA), Miswaki (USA), Zabeel (NZ), Snippets, Northern Dancer (Can) and Noble Bijou (USA).

Since producing Madam Instrife, Abscond has produced a 3-year-old filly by I Am Invincible named Mem’s Choice who was an impressive winner on debut at Bairnsdale, a yearling colt by Stay Inside and she most recently foaled a filly by I Am Invincible last month.

Madam Instrife sold for $850,000 at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. with Dermot Farrington Bloodstock Pty Ltd being the successful purchaser from the draft of Sledmere Stud.

Looking Back

Seindeel (NZ) (Dundeel {NZ}) won nicely at Seymour, he had a lovely run and sprinted hard off that. A solid effort and he should only improve off this performance.

Scintillante (NZ) (Savabeel) ran a nice third, he was quite green but he did run on well once he balanced up.

First-time starters lining up on Friday, December 20

First Season Sires’ Results

Results: Thursday, December 19

No first season sires' results

First Season Sires’ Runners

Runners: Friday, December 20

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